SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri Governor Babagana Umara Zulum has called on MTN, the largest telecommunications operator in the country, to repair vandalised 57 facilities in the local government areas in Borno State. The Governor made the demand on Tuesday while hosting the officials of the Mobile Telephone Network, MTN, to...
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By VERA AWUAH honnyveea3@gmail.com – Asthma is a chronic disorder that affects the lining of your airways, which become inflamed and narrow, resulting in symptoms like coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, and chest tightness. It’s generally found in men, women and children around the world. Although there are many...
By JACOB KUBEKA – The Nigeria military confirmed Tuesday night the killing of Terwase Akwaza, alias Gana, described as the most wanted criminal gang leader in Benue State. Commander of the Four Special Forces command, Doma local government area, Brigadier General Maude Ali Gadzama told Channels Television via telephone...
AstraZeneca Plc said it has paused global trials, including large late-stage trials, of its experimental coronavirus vaccine due to an unexplained illness in a study participant, Reuters has reported. The vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, has been described by the World Health Organization as probably the world’s leading...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi In a bid to address the lingering and persistent crises between herders and farmers, the Bauchi State government has said that it will re-establish cattle routes which had been taken over by individuals and groups. Speaking on Tuesday while receiving a report of the administrative Committee...
There were indications Tuesday night that Terwase Agwaza (alias Gana), the most wanted criminal gang leader in Benue may have been killed. This came hours after ‘Gana’ reportedly surrendered at the Katsina – Ala Township Stadium in response to the latest amnesty programme announced by the state government. A...
EHIME ALEX, Lagos The United Nations has said that safeguarding education from attack is urgently needed to restore confidence in schools as places of protection for children and teachers, adding that this is particularly pressing in light of COVID-19, which affected 46 million primary and secondary learners across Nigeria...
By ECHE MUNONYE Covid-19 brought a huge challenge to education and literacy, First Bank of Nigeria Limited responded with a Rosetta stone of innovative e-learning initiatives that have far-reaching effects. Since 1967 that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have been celebrating International Literacy Day to...
Fadji Maina has become the first scientist from Niger to work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). The 29-year-old hydrologist earned her PhD in 2016, and joined the world-famous space agency in the US at the end of last month. She told the BBC’s Focus on Africa...
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Monday, September 7, 2020, launched its “People’s Manifesto”, touting it as a better alternative to that of the governing New Patriotic Party. The well-organised and successful event brought together many power brokers within the party to the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA Hall), but...
The Police in Kaduna State, said it had returned N3,991,650 to the family of one, Mustapha Sanusi, who died in a road accident at Unguwan Danisa, Soba Local Government Area of the state. The Soba Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP Pam Mosses, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen...
From SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno state Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Tuesday hosted a team of five officials from General Electric International over issues of maintaining some diagnostic equipment, including a CT scan, supplied and installed by the company at the state’s specialist hospital in Maiduguri. GE’s...
The Social and Economic Justice Advocacy (SEJA), a Lagos-Based Non Governmental Organization, has announced the appointment of Dr Patrick Stephen Ohikhena, as Chairman, Board of Directors and, rectified the position of Stanley Karo Emeluaha as Executive Director, (Legal Directorate). This announcement was contained in a statement signed by the...
JOHN ONAH, Abuja The Student Union Government (SUG) of Bayero University, Kano has inducted the Director of Public Affairs (DPA), National Universities Commission (NUC), Mal, Ibrahim Yakasai into the institution Hall of Fame. In a ceremony at the NUC, the President of the SUG, Comrade Garba Sa’id disclosed that the...
South Africa’s economy has contract by 51 per cent, its biggest slump in decades, occasioned by the COVID-19 hits on nations’ economies. According to a report released on Tuesday by the national statistics office “Stats SA” for the second quarter of 2020, “South Africa’s economy suffered a significant contraction...